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A Sad Commentary Paul Wash at 12:17pm 09.22.09 Smaller Boats 3/1583 This past weekend we were enjoying a laid back sailing Sunday following a SCA Saturday in the mouth
Hull profile Hunter 33 1980 for cradle. Sylvain at 12:11pm 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1123 I'm getting a cradle from a friend who sadly sold his 38' Hans Christian. It's a heavy duty cradle
RACOR water separator on Yanmar 2QM15 Sylvain at 12:06pm 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/2503 My Yanmar 2QM15 is very difficult to start now. History: When I picked up the boat on Lake Michigan
Reefing a furling Genoa PatSul22 at 11:58am 09.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1858 I have a 272 and am considering getting new sails. For the head sail I am thinking of getting a 145%
New Owner 1980 hunter 33 Sylvain at 11:50am 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/2079 I'm the proud new owner of a Hunter 33 1980. She's now in Kingston, Ontario. I will post specific q
West Coast of Lake Huron David in Sandusky at 11:38am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1924 East(!) Coast of Lake Huron Thank you who responded to my request about the North Channel! How ab
LED light conversion Bob 04 H260 at 10:35am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1725 I would like to replace my anchor/steaming light, two dome lights, and one spot reading light with L
Engine Fails to Turn Over Sometimes Con't Steve Carpman22174 at 10:11am 09.22.09 Big Boats 5/1394 A couple of weeks ago I posted a thread regarding the intermittant failure of the Yanmar on our Leg
I guess I always did want to live aboard. Snotter at 5:46am 09.21.09 Sails Call Lounge 45/10959 You got to love Alabama. 10 years ago, my wife of 19 years, says "I want a devorce". The court gra
Salt water leak gregm at 9:32am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1258 I'm confounded by a pesky leak on my 2005 Hunter 36. It is a saltwater leak that occurs in the area
Prop Replacement Art Pennino at 9:30am 09.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/2345 Looking for input on a prop replacement for a 92 H30. The engine is a 2GM20F. We hit a submerged obj
Need 40 foot Lancer 30 Mast lenny53d at 9:26am 09.22.09 Lancer 1/1878 I need a mast for a 1980 30 foot Lancer. The one that came off my boat is 40 long, but could go a l
De-comissioning tip.. (1) Maine Sail at 9:20am 09.22.09 Musings With Maine Sail 5/3753 I just found this photo in my archives and thought it would be a good idea to post with winter comin
Need a Mast for a Oday20 beauhamilton at 9:18am 09.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1256 I have an Oday 20 with a 22' mast and it was bent during transport, a new mast is $1400.00 any idea
Atomic4 oil change Valentina at 8:02am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 11/6111 Hi, sailors. Just bought a boat (Ericson27) with Atomic4 gas engine in it. I'm not familiar with th
cockpit drains garyc at 7:42am 09.22.09 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1929 Out sailing yesterday great wind . boat was heeled for long time and discovered a leak at the cockpi
New Owner of a MacGregor 25' lshilling at 5:46am 09.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2071 I'm new to this website and to boat owning so forgive me if I'm being redundant. My husband and I re
Rainy weather seadaddler at 5:44am 09.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1001 So I am watching all the rainy weather and wondering if the lake sailor's are getting some of the ra
Back from cruising (10) Tim R. at 5:40am 09.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3013 We returned last week from about 2 weeks cruising the Maine coast. The trip started Friday, Sep. 4t
Gunkholing, Maine Style Part 2 Maine Sail at 4:56am 09.22.09 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4111 Here's a 360 degree view from inside the Basin which is on Vinalhaven Island, ME. You Tube won't let

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This PhotoShop feels wrong. Leeward Rail at 8:28pm 01.17.22 These actual CGI images look more real than the video model after her make over. That top one isn'
This PhotoShop feels wrong. (5) Will Gilmore at 8:14pm 01.17.22 If I hadn't watched the video, I would have said the girl was entirely CGI. They changed her propor
Trying to identify this boat kgallowaypa at 8:14pm 01.17.22 That is a C 27 with a tiller and powered by an outboard with the companionway steps missing. C&C
Trying to identify this boat Benny17441 at 8:13pm 01.17.22 That is a C 27 with a tiller and powered by an outboard (missing) with the companionway steps missin
Options for new main halyard Ward H at 8:00pm 01.17.22 I have both NER VPC and NER V-100 halyards. The V-100 is overkill and harder to grip. I love the N
Automatic Rudder Line Release Ward H at 7:50pm 01.17.22 Agree with Joe. Clamcleat makes a nice cleat. I've used that quick release model and the Racing Min
Trying to identify this boat kgallowaypa at 7:49pm 01.17.22 How many smoots long do you estimate it is? To me it looks like a C+C 27 with some hack work done
Trying to identify this boat JohnShannon at 7:47pm 01.17.22 How many smoots long do you estimate it is? To me it looks like a C+C 27 with some hack work done
Etiquette pet peeves jssailem at 7:40pm 01.17.22 I think that reading cursive is a class in Pharmacy school.
It just keeps going... jssailem at 7:33pm 01.17.22 :plus: For Boatworks Today. Just watched that video. He provides insight into working with thickened
New tool :) jssailem at 7:30pm 01.17.22 That is exactly what I thought of the tool. Your hack is just the thing needed when working with pul
New tool :) (1) Tally Ho at 7:25pm 01.17.22
This PhotoShop feels wrong. Rick Webb at 7:13pm 01.17.22 Hell, beer does that over the course of an evening and I never heard anyone suggest a disclaimer for
It just keeps going... Davidasailor26 at 7:11pm 01.17.22 I finished tearing this apart over the weekend. It turns out that O'Day used 1/4" plywood and a 1/4
Automatic Rudder Line Release Joe at 7:07pm 01.17.22 I have a pair of them on my Nacra beach cat. Launch and retrieve off the beach all the time, so you
It just keeps going... Ward H at 6:59pm 01.17.22 On a side note, I found what appears to be the outline of some plywood on the starboard side which
Dometic AC needs capacitor Ken13559 at 6:47pm 01.17.22 My search tells me the uF (MFD, micro Farad) can be up to +20% and the voltage rating can be equal t
Options for new main halyard Joe at 6:37pm 01.17.22 Don't get Sta-Set X. I build my halyards using a single braid dyneema core, such as samson amsteel.
Generator on a Hunter 326 (32') Ken13559 at 6:26pm 01.17.22 My Hunter 326 has an Elemax SHX2000 (2KW) Genset running my 12,000BTU Cruisair Aircon for several ye
Tsunami warning Ken13559 at 6:19pm 01.17.22 Kochi prefecture. Miles south of me. gary

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